The Senate Medical Affairs Committee vote 9-8 with two Republicans joining all Democrats — to send the bill to the full Senate.
through a series of votes to allow abortions for rape and incest victims up to the 12th week of pregnancy.The Senate Medical Affairs Committee vote 9-8 with two Republicans joining all Democrats — to send the bill to the full Senate, where debate is expected to begin Wednesday morning. The exceptions could be restored during that debate.The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the Roe vs.
They included increasing access to contraceptives and including birth control as part of the state's abstinence-based sex education as well as assuring that a doctor can perform the abortion if it is determined a fetus has a medical condition that won't allow it to live outside the womb. "We think by highlighting the fact a bunch of extreme, Republican men are trying to control women’s decisions in South Carolina — they need to own that. The governor needs to own that," Hutto told reporters.Republicans told their Democratic colleagues their strategy was shortsighted.
Senators will get another chance to change the bill Wednesday, including adding the exceptions back or any amendments that were rejected at Tuesday's meeting.Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that he had signed Senate Bill 1 within an hour of its passage in the state legislation. The bill outlaws abortions almost entirely in the state of Indiana with some exceptions.
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